Photocatalytic teeth whitening
AssigneeJasibo, LLC
InventorsJennifer Jablow, Michael Mark Muehlemann
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to devices, methods and kits for accelerating the rate of whitening of teeth using an oxidizing agent, a photocatalytic agent, and a portable lightsource.
Claims11
An home use dental illuminating device comprising a self-contained blue light illuminating LED lightsource with a heat management system that stores heat within the light source and that generates light at a wavelength of 410-470 nm with a desired intensity, and frequency of light, the LED lightsource being coupled to a removable mouthpiece that acts as the lightguide for precisely directing the light to the front of the tooth surface and without transmitting heat to the teeth.
A method of tooth whitening comprising:
- preconditioning the tooth surface with one or more photocatalytic agents and one or more oxidizing agents, and
- irradiating the tooth surface with light from an LED lightsource;
- wherein said LED lightsource is a self-contained blue light illuminating device with a heat management system that stores heat within the lightsource and that generates light at a wavelength of 410-470 nm with a desired intensity, and frequency of light, the LED lightsource being coupled to a removable mouthpiece that acts as the lightguide for precisely directing the light to the front of the tooth surface and without transmitting heat to the teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.